Guard.



(I. G. WELLS.

GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1912.

1,101,512 Patented June 23, 191% TED TATE PATENT @FFKQE.

JOEL C. WELLS, 0F EiOUTHBBIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GUARD.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jonn C. WELLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southbridge, in the county of Worcester and State of lilassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in eyeglass guards and has for its object the provision of an improved form of guard in which the bearing portions thereof may be readily adjusted according to the requirements of the individual wearer.

The further object of my invention is the provision of an improved form of guard in which the upper and lower bearing portions may be satisfactorily adjusted relative to each other or in which the guard may be adjusted as an entirety.

Other objects and advantages of my improved guardfor eyeglasses will be readily apparent by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that I may make any changes in the specific details shown and described within the scope of the appended claims without departing from or exceeding the spirit of my invention.

Figure 1 represents a view of a pair of eyeglasses equipped with one embodiment of my improved guard. Fig. H represents a plan view of the blank from which one form of my guard is made. Fig. HI represents an elevation of one embodiment of my guard with the parts bent into operative position. Fig. IV represents a slightly modified embodiment of my invention. Fig. V represents a view of another form thereof, and Fig. VI represents a rear elevation of the guard illustrated in Fig. V.

In the drawings, in which similar characters of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 designates the ordinary eyeglass lenses connected by the bridge 2 to which I have shown pivoted finger piece levers 3 having handle portions 4 at one end thereof and having my improved guard upon the opposite end thereof.

While I have shown my guard as mounted on a finger piece lever in most of the figures of the drawings it will be understood that it is equally applicable to stud box or other constructions, the same being illustrated in Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fi1ed May 11, 1912.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Serial No. 696,716.

Fig. Ill as provided with a tang 5 adapted to be secured in an ordinary stud box.

By reference to Fi If it will be observed that my improved guard comprises the lever arm 3 adapted to be suitably secured at one end to the lens mounting and having the slot 6 formed in the opposite end thereof to provide the furcations or branches 7 and 8. Each of said furcations terminates in a bearing portion for engaging the nose of the wearer, in Fig. H the furcations 7 being shown as terminating in the bearing or guard portion 9, while the arm 8 terminates in the pad 10. In Fig. IV I have shown a slight modification in that I employ the pad '10 which is secured to the arm 8 and is movable relative to said arm instead of being formed integral therewith.

By reference to Figs. Ill and IV the possibilities of adjustment of my guard are best brought out, in that it will be observed that the upper pad 10 or 10 is entirely independent of the lower pad or guard member 9 and that consequently by bending or twisting of the arms 7 and 8 relative to each other the two bearing portions of the guard may be shifted into almost any desired position. I preferably reversely bend both the arm- 7 and the arm 8 to provide the loops 11 and 12 respectively. The advantage of these loops is clearly illustrated in Fig. 111, in that the supporting arm 7 is attached to the bearing portion 9 posterior to the an terior edge of said bearing portion thus giving the bearing portion a free front edge to bite into the flesh and prevent slipping, while the loop 11 is so positioned as to throw the bearing portion 9 forward toward the lenses in order that the weight of the lenses may be more nearly balanced upon said lower bearing portion. At the same time the loop 12 is so positioned that the bearing pad 10 is disposed considerably to the rear of the bearing portion 9 and said pad having a free front edge can bite into the loose flesh over the bridge of the nose of the wearer and on account of its rearward position will form a very satisfactory anchor hocking into the flesh to prevent forward tilting of the glasses and keep the same substantially balanced on the bearing portion 9.

It is to be noted that in most of the forms of my invention I have the portion 3 forming the supporting arm disposed in a horizontal plane while the material of the arms. 7 and 8 is disposed in a vertical plane, bending of the arm 3 transversely of the minor dimension thereof consequently permitting of ready up and down adjustment of the guard as an entirety while similar bending of the arms 7 or 8 permit of ready in and out adjustment of the in dividual bearing portions.

In Figs. V and VI the portion 3 is horizontally disposed the arm 7 being bent downward on a diagonal line from one side thereof, while the arm 8 is bent upward on a diagonal line from the opposite side there of, the two arms consequently being brought into such position that their" pad or bearing portions will satisfactorily engage the nose of the wearer. 7

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the appended drawings the construction of my improved guard and its advantages should be readily perceived by those conversant with eyeglasses and the fitting thereof, and it will be seen that I have provided an efficient guard in which there are two entirely independent bearing port-ions which may be adjusted as desired relative to each other and thrown in or out, forward or rearward as may prove most practical, while by bending of the'supporting arm for the two pad bearing branches the entire guard may be satisfactorily raised or lowered as desired.

I claim:

1. A guard comprising an arm having its material disposed in one plane, a pair of furcatlons extending from the arm and havmg their materlal dlsposed 1n planes normal to that of the arm, and a bearing portion carried by each of the furcatio-ns and connected to the furcation by a forwardly opening loop.

2. An article of manufacture, a blank for a guard arm comprising an elongated pliable strip of material split at one end thereof and an elongated bearing portion extending outwardly from each of the furcations formed by the split, the said furcations nor-' furcation, said furc-ations being bent back on V themselves in the direction of the arm' to dispose the pads substantially parallel with the arm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOEL C. WVELLS.

Witnesses:

REGINALD H. WATERS, HARoLn K. PARSONS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

